[TAG] Japanese help

[Mike Orr]

On 11/18/05, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
> Quoting Pete Savage (debug at silentkeystroke.co.uk):
>
> > > What you'd want in that case is "Wo ai ni", which is just fine.
> >
> > Yes that'd be fine, what is the literal translation?
>
> Using a language in a culturally inappropriate way can actually be an
> art form, y'know.  ;->

Exactly, and haikus have developed an independent life in English that
doesn't always fit with the Japanese tradition.

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Mike Orr <sluggoster at gmail.com>
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